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The Buzz at Burr!
Volume 11 Issue 30
Friday, March 27th, 2015
Dates to Live By (next 3 weeks)
March
28th – Board of Finance mtg re:Town Budget, public comment 9:30am, FLHS
30th – Start Roots & Shoots Spring Session
April
1st – Conference day, Early Dismissal @ 1:40pm
3rd – No school
7th – 9:30am – PTA Executive Board meeting, all welcome
8th – 5th Grade Visitation Day to TMS, 9:30am
8th – 5th Grade Parent Orientation at TMS, 6:00pm
13th – 17th – Spring Break
5 Day Rotation Schedule
03/30 – A
03/31 – B
04/01 – C
04/02 – D
04/03 – No School
Parking Spot Raffle Winner is: The KANE FAMILY! Congratulations Kane
Family, you will have a guaranteed parking spot from March 30th – April 10th.
Message from Sharon Jacobs, PTA President
Dear Parents,
I hope to see you all at the Board of Finance meeting tomorrow morning at
9:30am, Fairfield Ludlowe High School. All public comment is welcome, on any
part of the Town Budget, including the Board of Education Budget.
If you cannot attend, please send in your emails to our town officials! See below
under “District Happenings” for quick links.
Regards,
Sharon
Burr School Happenings
Kids Care Coming to Burr School
The Kids Care childcare program is coming to Burr School in the fall of 2015. For
over 10 years, Kids Care has been an important part of the Riverfield, Mill Hill
and Dwight school communities. We offer our families flexibility with a
professional and caring staff. There are no minimum attendance requirements
and your child’s schedule can be changed from week to week to suit your needs.
If your child does not attend a session, you are not billed. For more information,
please contact Kids Care.
Progress Reports
As of March 20th, MP2 progress reports can be found online via Infinite Campus.
SBAC Testing Schedule
Below is the schedule for SBAC testing:
Grade 3 – ELA and Math: March 17 – March 27
Grade 4 – ELA and Math: March 30 – April 10
Grade 5 – ELA and Math: April 20 – May 1
Burr PTA Happenings
Save The Date
Saddle up and mosey on over to the 2015 Burr PTA Parent Social on Saturday,
May 30, from 7:00 - 10:00pm, at Johnny Utah's in South Norwalk. This year, it's
just a party ... no auction, no raffles! $65 per person includes light dinner fare,
open bar, line dancing, DJ and unlimited rides on the mechanical bull. We're fixin'
to have a whole mess of fun so mark your calendars and plan to join us for a
great night out in SONO.
2015-16 Burr PTA Directory
Burr PTA Directory forms came home via backpacks this week. Please sign and
return these to school as soon as you can. If you didn’t receive your form or you
have any questions please contact George Lovell, Kathy Seabrook or Erin
Polatsek.
Spring Session of After the Bell is here!
The PTA sponsored after school enrichment program’s registration has begun.
All classes will be taught by our Burr Staff! Click here for catalog and here for
registration forms for our exciting spring classes. Grab a friend (or several) and
sign up today! We don’t want any classes to be cancelled due to lack of
enrollment! Deadline for registration is April 6th. Any questions please contact
Sharon Jacobs.
Read To Grow
Did you miss the Book Swap? Are you spring cleaning and wanting to donate
your gently used children's books to make way for new ones? Have your child
bring in the books and drop them off in the box at the front desk marked “Kiwanis
Read To Grow”. Spread the love of reading to children in need of books. Any
questions? Contact Parthena Wollen.
5th Grade Activities
We are asking each 5th grade family to contribute $30 per student to help cover
some of the costs associated with the fantastic activities described in the letter
emailed to all 5th grade families this week. Your Burr PTA is also contributing
$25 per student to help with this cost (so for a total cost per student of $55, your
PTA contributes $25, and we ask parents to contribute $30). Please make your
$30 check payable to Burr PTA and send it to the Fifth Grade Activities box in the
front office by April 3rd Please note that the cost of a class field trip organized by
the teachers will be separate from this fee. Scholarships are available to offset
cost with year-end activities. Please contact Mr. Bluestein for more information.
** Parents – the 5th Grade Field Day at the Italian Center date has been
changed from Thursday, June 4th to Monday, June 1st. Please adjust your
calendars! **
District Happenings
2015-2016 Board of Education Budget Update
Dr. Title presented the BOE Budget to the BOF and BOS on Thursday,
3/12/15. The BOS must decide and vote on the town budget by 3/30 and then
the BOF votes on 4/2. The budget then goes to the RTM, with budget hearings
scheduled for 4/6-4/8/15, and final vote on the Town Budget set for 5/04/15.
There will be a Board of Finance meeting regarding the Town Budget on
Saturday, March 28th at 9:30a.m. at FLHS. Public comment will be taken at
this meeting. If you want your voice heard, this is the meeting to go to!
Need to voice your concerns about the 2015-2016 BOE Budget to your RTM
members? You can each all RTM members at once simply by emailing the here
or by visiting the RTM page on the town's website.
You can also reach other town bodies at the following "one click" email
addresses:
Board of Selectmen
Board of Finance
Community
2nd Annual Fairfield Earth Day Art Contest
The 2nd Annual Fairfield Earth Day Art Contest for students pre-K through 12th
grade to submit artwork relating to the environment and sustainability is now on!
This year’s theme is "When I look out my window I’d like to see…” (related to the
environment / sustainability). Boxes for hard copy submissions are in all Fairfield
Public School offices and Fairfield Public and Pequot Libraries and, when
possible, entries may be sent in via email. For rules and complete details please
visit www.FairfieldEarthDay.org. For questions / comments please contact
FairfieldEarthDay@gmail.com or (203) 590-1755. Deadline for all submissions is
4/3/2015.
WOW
Thank You for Supporting the Roots & Shoots Project
The Burr Roots & Shoots Club would like to send a big thank you out to everyone
in the Burr Community who supported our recent project to help Guiding Eyes for
the Blind. Through our Projects for Pups-athon, craft sale, and bake sale we
raised $2,442.78 (and counting). We greatly appreciate your donations and help.
The money will be going directly to GEB to help fund a guide dog for a person in
need. If you are interested in learning more about GEB, visit
www.guidingeyes.org.
Directory Advertiser of the Week
Snip Doggy Dog
April McKeithan
Groomer
1125 Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824
Ph: 203.955.1770
www.snipdoggydog.com
Thank you Snip Doggy Dog for advertising with the Burr PTA!
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